1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index d0a67bb31363..c115295ab431 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1490,14 +1490,13 @@ static int __init rose_proto_init(void)
 
         rose_callsign = null_ax25_address;
 
-        dev_rose = kmalloc(rose_ndevs * sizeof(struct net_device *), GFP_KERNEL);
+        dev_rose = kzalloc(rose_ndevs * sizeof(struct net_device *), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (dev_rose == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "ROSE: rose_proto_init - unable to allocate device structure\n");
                 rc = -ENOMEM;
                 goto out_proto_unregister;
         }
 
-        memset(dev_rose, 0x00, rose_ndevs * sizeof(struct net_device*));
         for (i = 0; i < rose_ndevs; i++) {
                 struct net_device *dev;
                 char name[IFNAMSIZ];